Surviving in Marriage

LIFE DEMANDS

"I-i.. I'll tell Mas Adit everything, I can't hide any more of this.. Because of our actions, someone there was affected.. I can't stand having to keep this a secret from Mas Adit's family anymore.. I can't anymore...." Said Lika sobbing.

"What do you want to tell me, Lika??" Suddenly Aditia appeared at the door. Lika was shocked, until her cellphone was immediately slammed onto the floor.

"Mas Adit? Mom, when's it coming?" Lirih Lika with a look of fear, let alone seeing Aditia's changed face. Lika believes Aditia must have heard what she said just now to the person she called.

"You answered my question, Lika. Who were you talking to just now?What do you want to tell me? And, why are you crying sobbing like that?" Lika was asked questions from her husband. He just looked down, unable to answer all those questions.

"ANSWER LIKA!!" Snapped Aditia as if impatiently waiting for Lika who was still silent. Lika was shocked by her husband's clash, never had she seen Aditia this angry. Is it possible because of Raihan's actions against Arsyila that made her become like that, because Lika knows Aditia already considers Arsyila like her own child.

"You've made 3 big mistakes, Lika. The first.. You might not have told me about Dedi's death, you know that Dedi was my best friend. Long before I married you, I was friends with her. Even.. Before I married Aisyah!" Aditia said with a huff.

"And.. Second, you.. Know Raihan did evil with Arsyila but you seemed to hide his actions. What is all this, Lika?? Raihan married Arsyila out of revenge, that's what the young man said. You know this, right??" Ask again. Alika is silent.

"The last.. I heard you say that you can't bear to keep this a secret from my family. What secrets are you hiding from me? You keep a secret means you've done a lie, Lika." Continue again in a high tone.

"Mas, sorry... I was wrong, but.. I have my reasons. L'm.. Doing it because of force, Mommy. I'm sorry.." Lika said and her crying broke out in front of her husband.

"Tell me everything, Lika. Now!!" Tell Aditia with bulging eyes.

Alika took a deep breath before she finally told her everything...

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FLASHBACKS

(Before Aisha was accused by her husband of having an affair)

Alika who just got off the motorcycle just rushed to run towards her parents' house. The small house was like no longer feasible in place, the roof that began to collapse with wooden walls that had looked weathered.

Inside the house lived Father, mother and also Abang Alika named Irwan. Alika does not live with her parents. He's contracted a bit further from there because it's closer to where he works. At that time Alika came home to her parents because she got news from her brother that his father suddenly fell ill.

"Dad, Dad why Mom?" Alika asked when she got home and found her father lying weakly on his bed. Seen his mother next to his father was compressing Alika's father's forehead.

"You can see for yourself, right? Your father is sickly continue to work, can not say anything more. Has not worked for a long time, not to mention that Brother Irwan who had a work accident in the factory once can no longer be relied upon. To walk he's already lousy, how to work!." Said his mother in a tinge while continuing to compress Alika's father's forehead violently.

Alika touched her father's hot hands, her face was pale and her red eyes looked at Alika with a long look. Alika couldn't stand to see her father like this.

"We're taking her to the hospital" Alika said.

"Where's Lika from? I have no more savings, everything is up for daily needs. Insertion no longer exists since your father is sick so can not work, plus Irwan who can no longer work in the factory because of his condition is not possible" Mother Lika said still with a taut voice. Alika can feel how her mother is very burdened with their financial condition which is very far from okay. While Alika who has recently divorced from her husband, and is just starting to work has not been able to help much. As for the money was only enough for his needs and also paid the contract that had been 2 months in arrears.

"Not to mention, almost every day Mr. Tino comes to collect our debt. He threatened if he did not pay off our debts that had accumulated it plus the interest, he would not hesitate to throw us out of here even he also did not hesitate to imprison your mother and brother" Mother Lika said with eyes that began to glaze over.

Alika gasped to hear it all, indeed Abang Alika had borrowed money to loan sharks in their neighborhood. Irwan dares to borrow because he believes he can pay for it because he works. But, now since he had a fatal work accident on his legs so he had difficulty walking which makes him just a lot of silence at home today.

"Alika will look for a loan mom, I'll take it easy. What's important is that we take Dad to the hospital right now." Alika finally said and then she decided to leave the house to find a taxi to take her father to the hospital.

"Where are you going to get a loan?" Ask Irwan.

"No idea, but it's pretty Lika thought. What matters now is that I have to go to the hospital immediately" Sahut Lika.

"You have a good friend whose husband is rich, why don't you just use him" Irwan said cynically. Alika looked at her brother in wonder.

"What does Brother mean??" Ask Lika.

Irwan seemed to smile bitterly while turning off his cigarette.

"Gini day is not his era if you are good friends without taking advantage, Ka" he said with a serious face. Alika frowned because she did not understand the meaning of her brother's words.

"You get to when you live alone and difficult like this, want to until when you borrow to the left right which is just adding to the debt that is more and more. It's time, we're playing a little sneaky now." And then again with his eyes growing.

"The demands of life that make people change, Lika. You want to see our family flung out like this all the way? No right? So then.. I'm asking you now follow my plan." The impression again with a sharp eye.

"What plan, Bang?" Ask Lika with curiosity. Irwan seemed to smile bitterly before he told his sister a big plan...

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Finally the plane that Arsyila was riding landed in the city where he lived. Arshila is unceasingly grateful for being given protection by God so that she can survive Raihan's ill intentions which she says will sell herself to a striped-nose man. And.. Arsyila was also very grateful to Randi who had been kind to him. Even though he's Raihan's friend, he's not as bad as Raihan. The proof is that he has taken pains to help Arsyila to escape and return to this city. Arsyila was really relieved.

After arriving outside the airport, Arsyila intends to find a taxi. However, his eyes seemed to sparkle when he saw across there was Ardan who was standing with his eyes turned left and right. Arsyila was sure she had not seen wrong, it was her sister Ardan who was waiting for her. With an excited heart, Arsyila rushed to the other side of the road with a voice before she called out to her sister.

"Cand..." Call Arsyila half screaming. Ardan turned to the source of the voice and looked at his brother with an incomparably happy expression.

However, Naas.. Just as Arsyila was about to cross over, a car stopped right in front of her. Two burly men got out of the car, and in a quick motion they just dragged Arsyila into the car. A second later, the car passed straight from there...

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